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Francisella Tularensis - Tularaemia Flashcards

1
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Francisella tularensis can cause epidemics among slaughterhouse workers

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False

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Hunters can be infected with Francisella tularensis during skinning of wild hares

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True

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3
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Tularaemia is an occupational disease

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True

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4
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Focal infection and necrosis can be seen in the parenchymal organs in the case of tularaemia

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True

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5
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Clinical signs of tularaemia are mainly seen in cattle

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False

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The causative agent of tularaemia is Francisella tularensis

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True

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7
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Tularaemia can be found mainly on the southern hemisphere

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False

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Slide agglutination test cannot be used in the serodiagnostics od Tularaemia

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False

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9
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Ticks are true vectors of tularaemia

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True

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10
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Mouse inoculation is a frequently used method during isolation of Francisella tularensis from
pathological samples

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True

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11
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Clinical signs of tularaemia can be seen only in hares

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False

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12
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Tularaemia is a fast and acute disease in mice

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True

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13
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Tularemia does not occur in Europe

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False

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14
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The reservoir host of the agent of tularemia is the hare

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True

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15
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The agent of tularemia can be transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes and other blood sucking arthropods

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True

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16
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Francisella tularensis is a fastidious bacterium species which needs special medium for propogation

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True

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17
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Rabbit is not susceptible to Francisella tularensis

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False

True -> rabbit not susceptible

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18
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Francisella tularensis is a soil microorganism

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False

True? Found in soil

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19
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Francisella tularensis causes chronic infection in wild hare

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True

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20
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Francisela tularensis subsp. Tularensis occurs in America

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True

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21
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The agent of tularaemia can be transmitted by ticks

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True

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22
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Europe is free from Tularaemia

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False

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23
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Tularaemia can occur only in hares

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False

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Tularaemia is a zoonosis

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True

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25
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Only hares are suscpetible to the agent of Tularaemia

26
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European Brown Hare is the reservoirs of the agent of tularaemia in Europe

27
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Francisella tularemia in humans is frequently caused through skin wounds

28
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Tularaemia affects only sheep in Hungary

29
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Ticks have an important role in transmission of tularaemia

30
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Tularemia occurs only in America

31
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Tularemia occurs frequently in hares

32
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Francisella tularensis ssp. holartica is highly virulent

33
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Francisella is a facultative pathogen

34
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Francis blood agar can be used for its isolation

35
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Tularaemia will cause more severe disease in lagomorph and rodents

36
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Hunters can contract tularemia whilst skinning the animal

37
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Tularaemia causes severe clinical signs in susceptible animals

38
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Tube agglutination is the best way to diagnose tularaemia

39
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Encephalitis is the main clinical sign of tularemia in humans

40
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There are differences in the virulence of the causative agents of tularemia

41
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Septicemia is part of the pathogenesis of tularemia

42
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Mosquitoes are involved in spreading of tularemia

43
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Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis is in Europe

44
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Hares spread the bacteria Francisella with urine

45
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Ticks play a role in maintaining the presence of tularaemia

46
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Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica is the causative agent of tularaemia in Europe

47
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European brown hare is the reservoir of the agent of tularaemia in Europe

48
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Only hares are susceptible to the agent of tularaemia

49
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Tularaemia is a zoonosis

50
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Hamsters and mice are very susceptible to the agent of tularaemia

51
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Ticks can transmit the agent of tularaemia

52
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Sheep are regularly vaccinated to prevent tularaemia in Europe

53
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Tularaemia is not a zoonosis

54
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The agent of tularaemia is transmitted only by ticks

55
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There are virulence variants of Francisella tularensis

56
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Slide agglutination test is used to recognize tularaemia infection in live animals

57
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Farm animals in Europe are widely vaccinated against tularaemia

58
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Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis is the most frequent subspecies of the agent in Europe

59
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Brown hares are susceptible to tularaemia

60
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Tularaemia can be frequently seen in cattle in Europe

61
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Francisella tularensis can infect humans

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